War 2.0 » myspace http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0 National Security and the Science of Social Networks Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 Counterterrorism Efforts on Social Networks Prove Difficult http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0/counterterrorism-efforts-on-social-networks-prove-difficult/ http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0/counterterrorism-efforts-on-social-networks-prove-difficult/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:32:16 +0000 http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0/?p=26 Continue reading →]]> The Obama administration is struggling to fight Islamic terrorist recruiting through websites and social media, Politico reports. The story discusses how terrorist networks use traditional social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to broaden their reach, while also evading counterterrorism efforts with methods that include manipulating language. Notably, it brings to light how difficult it has been to adapt to recommendations in a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report “recommended that officials get a better handle on the tools, techniques and methods terrorists are using.”

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